"The Pre-Occupation of Postcolonial Studies" contains essays by both leading
figures and younger scholars engaged in the field of postcolonial studies. In
this state-of-the-field reader, editors Fawzia Afzal-Khan and Kalpana
Seshadri-Crooks have created a dynamic forum for contributors from a variety of
theoretical and disciplinary vantage points to question both the limits and the
limitations of postcolonial thought.
Since it burst on the academic scene as the "hot" new disciplinary field during
the final decade of the twentieth century, postcolonial studies has faced
criticism from those who question its "troubling" trajectories, its sometimes
suspect epistemological and pedagogical methods, and its relatively narrow
focus. With diverse essays that emerge from